Constituency
43. Chapra
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-CHAPRA
BJS 33.1%won by 11.9%PSP 21.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 11.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BJS vote shareBJS went from 0.0% to 33.1% of the vote here (+33.1%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Swatantra Party (SWA) to Praja Socialist Party (PSP).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 54.2% between them, down from 61.1% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
49,704
Margin
5,936
11.94%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BJS- 1U.P. N. SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS16,42933.1%
- 2J. YADAVPraja Socialist Party · PSP10,49321.1%
- 3S. DEVIIndian National Congress · INC8,68617.5%
- 4D.SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI8,15516.4%
- 5K.P. SHRIVASTAVAIndependent · IND5,30410.7%
- 6S.SINGHIndependent · IND6371.3%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJSflipped
- BJS–PSP swing
- +23.6%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 33.1%
- PSP share
- 11.6% → 21.1%
- Turnout
- — → —